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お気に入り (okiniiri) Japanese meaning: favorite | Kotomora

お気きに入いり

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Common word›JLPTN3›Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

polite (teineigo)›

Polite noun for a person or thing one likes best. Can be used attributively with の. The 'pet' sense refers to a teacher's or superior's favorite.

See also: 気に入り

この曲きょくは私わたしのお気きに入いりです。

This song is my favorite.

彼かれは先せん生せいのお気きに入いりの生せい徒とだ。

He is the teacher's pet student.

2

Computing term for a saved link in a web browser.

See also: ブックマーク

このページをお気きに入いりに追つい加かしてください。
Please add this page to your bookmarks.

Usage patterns

お気きに入いりの〈物もの〉one's favorite (thing)
これは私わたしのお気きに入いりのカフェです。
This is my favorite café.
〈物もの〉をお気きに入いりに登とう録ろくするto add (something) to one's bookmarks/favorites
そのページをお気きに入いりに登とう録ろくした。
I added that page to my bookmarks.

Expressions

大だいのお気きに入いりmost favorite thing; absolute favorite

Kanji

気spirit, mind, air
入enter, insert

Related words

ブックマーク sense 2
ブックマーク is the borrowed technical term for a saved web link, while お気に入り is the native, more everyday-sounding equivalent used in consumer software.
愛あい用ようN1
お気に入り is a casual word for something you like, while 愛用 specifically implies you use the item regularly and have grown attached to it through use.
好こう物ぶつN2
お気に入り is a general word for any favourite thing (an object, place, person, etc.), whereas 好物 refers specifically to a favourite food.

Politeness

気きに入いりplainsense 1
気に入り is the plain, less formal version of お気に入り, which adds the polite お- prefix.

Built from

お気きに+入いる

Etymology

Polite prefix お + 気に入り (favorite), from 気に入る (to like, to be pleased with).